Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JESUS, DELIVERER, by GERMANUS I


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First Line: Fierce was the wild billow
Last Line: "peace! It is I!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Germanus I Of Constantinople
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Fierce was the wild billow;
Dark was the night;
Oars labored heavily;
Foam glimmered white;
Mariners trembled;
Peril was nigh;
Then said the God of God,
"Peace! It is I!"

Ridge of the mountain-wave,
Lower thy crest!
Wail of Euroclydon,
Be thou at rest!
Peril can none be,
Sorrow must fly,
Where saith the Light of light,
"Peace! It is I!"

Jesus, Deliverer!
Come thou to me:
Soothe thou my voyaging
Over life's sea!
Thou, when the storm of death
Roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of truth!
"Peace! It is I!"





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